tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017089181576705744.post6830066977464621459..comments2018-12-01T05:52:43.344-05:00Comments on In the midst of life, we are in debt, etc: A Turd of Hope, A Steaming PilePanichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03327474994924347087noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017089181576705744.post-65226280824595064432012-12-09T16:04:55.834-05:002012-12-09T16:04:55.834-05:00&quot;Just sexist, classist, racist bullshit&quot;...&quot;Just sexist, classist, racist bullshit&quot;. I will add misogynist in a full extent of the word, perhaps homosexual (no offense to the gay community), just saying he might be a repressed homosexual and definitely a fake writer all at once. (How somebody who has been dedicated to writing the last 20 years and has only written one tinny book can call himself a writer?). Posing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017089181576705744.post-77818147837046410552012-11-04T19:58:55.218-05:002012-11-04T19:58:55.218-05:00Sounds like you need to suspend your judgements wh...Sounds like you need to suspend your judgements while reading a little more, than evaluate afterwards. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017089181576705744.post-84694699629847998472012-05-11T23:00:19.496-04:002012-05-11T23:00:19.496-04:00Hiyate is a pretty big piece of shit, and its a go...Hiyate is a pretty big piece of shit, and its a good thing leaches like him will be out of business with the digital publishing revolution.Jenny Fivenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017089181576705744.post-13788649966106219542011-06-25T05:25:13.965-04:002011-06-25T05:25:13.965-04:00Fascinating thread, where one person even judges w...Fascinating thread, where one person even judges whether a piece of writing is &quot;acceptable.&quot;<br /><br />Anyways, if the anonymous blogger here would like a review copy of Mongrel, please write me at stuart [at] mansfieldpress [dot] net. We&#39;ll get it to you when the mail starts moving again.<br /><br />Cheers.Razovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02204691525944577597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017089181576705744.post-36337782507051329282011-06-13T10:31:49.586-04:002011-06-13T10:31:49.586-04:00Dear Julia,
You may want to ask your friend wheth...Dear Julia,<br /><br />You may want to ask your friend whether the persona and him are one and the same (He claims his piece is a memoir though). The desition to befriend him is totally yours.<br /><br />Personally, the world is not in need of more crap.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017089181576705744.post-59640577186710198342011-06-13T10:27:02.097-04:002011-06-13T10:27:02.097-04:00Dear Julia
You may want to ask your friend whethe...Dear Julia<br /><br />You may want to ask your friend whether the persona and him are one and the same (He claims his piece is a memoir though). The desition to befriend him is totally yours.<br /><br />Personally speaking, the world is not in need of more crap.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017089181576705744.post-52323479870526245742011-06-12T20:11:26.451-04:002011-06-12T20:11:26.451-04:00The author unabashedly presented himself as a raci...The author unabashedly presented himself as a racist, sexist asshole in the piece. This persona, and not your friend, is what Panic is attacking. I sincerely hope, for your sake, that the persona and your friend are not one and the same. Also, I really don&#39;t think Marko Sijan counts as successful, so I don&#39;t think that sour grapes are the culprit here. His piece was depressing and strange (as well as boring), and I think we&#39;re entitled to engage with the ways in which some of us found it incredibly offensive. And yes, would have been preferable to ignore it altogether, but that&#39;s the same as saying what he wrote is acceptable, and it wasn&#39;t. <br />-Kerry C.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017089181576705744.post-36358403189323919472011-06-12T11:41:09.509-04:002011-06-12T11:41:09.509-04:00a sentiment that echoes down her other posts which...<i> a sentiment that echoes down her other posts which read like a constant scream of IT&#39;S NOT FAAAAAAIR. </i> Yeah, that post on how much I like pre-Raphaelite art was pretty whiny!<br /><br />Look, y&#39;all can get butthurt at weekly intervals all you like. Fact is, this is a piece about acting like a giant scumbag. I wrote a post agreeing that, yes, the guy portrayed is a giant scumbag. It&#39;s memoir; he had every opportunity not to portray himself like that. This is what he chose instead.Panichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03327474994924347087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017089181576705744.post-67586969933702441642011-06-12T08:10:29.500-04:002011-06-12T08:10:29.500-04:00Julia, I have a feeling yours is a fair assessment...Julia, I have a feeling yours is a fair assessment. It seems that this is a blog to act out anger issues on people the author perceives to be more (undeservedly) successful than she, a sentiment that echoes down her other posts which read like a constant scream of IT&#39;S NOT FAAAAAAIR. <br /><br />As they say, those that can, do. Those who can&#39;t, criticize.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017089181576705744.post-24699700207918418622011-06-05T18:16:19.992-04:002011-06-05T18:16:19.992-04:00Hi Julia,
You&#39;re making a lot of assumptions ...Hi Julia,<br /><br />You&#39;re making a lot of assumptions about me based on one blog post. Pot. Kettle. Black? <br /><br />Take care.Panichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03327474994924347087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017089181576705744.post-63502533892237516972011-06-05T17:03:55.108-04:002011-06-05T17:03:55.108-04:00Dear Panic,
I am one of Marko&#39;s closest frien...Dear Panic,<br /><br />I am one of Marko&#39;s closest friends. I also happen to be a woman. Criticizing his writing is one thing (most self-aware writers are wary of the shitstorm of good and bad that comes with putting yourself out there). But attacking his person, when you know nothing about him, is easy and boring at best. Your comment about his relationship to women (&quot;To Sijan...women are just there to be used. The women in his life are either fucked, or handy go-betweens that can get his book seen by publishers&quot;) is horrific, as is the suggestion that he is racist. For someone who feels that their blog is worth reading, it&#39;s sad to see that you can&#39;t manage to do it without calling people names. Your writing reminds me of a whiny teenage girl bitching and moaning to her diary. I suggest you take a good look at your own demons and next time you visit your therapist, ask her why you&#39;re so angry. <br /><br />Yours, JuliaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017089181576705744.post-69862288618643230862011-06-02T10:27:59.546-04:002011-06-02T10:27:59.546-04:00Wow. You are one angry person. Perhaps you should ...Wow. You are one angry person. Perhaps you should smoke some pot...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017089181576705744.post-63482627155094957812011-05-21T16:29:31.050-04:002011-05-21T16:29:31.050-04:00Hey Stuart,
Thanks for coming by, and for the inf...Hey Stuart, <br />Thanks for coming by, and for the info! I will admit to being curious to see how this all works (or doesn&#39;t) in a (more?) fictional way. Though I&#39;m not sure I want the ensuing migraine of rage. Mission accomplished, I suppose!Panichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03327474994924347087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017089181576705744.post-28830184609715388002011-05-21T15:43:55.169-04:002011-05-21T15:43:55.169-04:00I&#39;m proud to say that Marko&#39;s novel, Mongr...I&#39;m proud to say that Marko&#39;s novel, Mongrel, will be released by Mansfield Press next month.<br /><br />And the link to this blog entry first appeared on Marko&#39;s own FB page, incidentally.<br /><br />Cheers.Razovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02204691525944577597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017089181576705744.post-9726047951941260582011-05-21T12:13:48.969-04:002011-05-21T12:13:48.969-04:00Well, I&#39;ve got no fight with Mansfield Press. ...Well, I&#39;ve got no fight with Mansfield Press. They put out Imagining Toronto! &lt;3Panichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03327474994924347087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017089181576705744.post-12388192972173390352011-05-21T12:01:58.848-04:002011-05-21T12:01:58.848-04:00It&#39;s been posted to the Mansfield Press page.It&#39;s been posted to the Mansfield Press page.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017089181576705744.post-85493395075936787362011-05-21T11:44:01.995-04:002011-05-21T11:44:01.995-04:00Woah, where did all the Facebook hits come from? ...Woah, where did all the Facebook hits come from? Not anyone on my friends list!Panichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03327474994924347087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017089181576705744.post-84878870388411122442011-05-21T11:04:50.499-04:002011-05-21T11:04:50.499-04:00I&#39;ve known Marko very well for so many years, ...I&#39;ve known Marko very well for so many years, and I can only say that you are totally right. For your information, some of the things he says are complete lies, they are picks from movies and books, just to make himself look interesting, to fulfill his lack of a real life. <br />Good diagnosis of him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017089181576705744.post-76271521179216973512011-05-18T12:45:10.263-04:002011-05-18T12:45:10.263-04:00showing some sympathy for the dudes that fucked hi...<i>showing some sympathy for the dudes that fucked his career over doesn&#39;t save your soul</i><br /><br />Especially if they&#39;re the same sort of Entitled Dudes as the author, which is the impression that I got from your review. <br /><br />In fact sympathizing with them when he finally gets what he wants (his book published) is a total non-event &#39;cos now they can be dicks together.<br /><br />Grief, that book sounds depressing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com